]]>http://josephsandy.com/blog/2013/07/29/in-progress-san-gabriel-valley-addition/feed/0http://josephsandy.com/blog/2013/07/29/in-progress-san-gabriel-valley-addition/Google Reader and Pintresthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JosephSandy/~3/cR-Pc6YzO5c/
http://josephsandy.com/blog/2013/03/25/google-reader-and-pintrest/#commentsTue, 26 Mar 2013 03:59:59 +0000Josephhttp://josephsandy.com/blog/2013/03/25/Well Google is getting rid of its RSS Reader, which I use to follow a bunch of architecture blogs. This is unfortunate because its perfect for going through image based blog posts. But also Google Reader is where I saved all the blog post I was interested in so that I could reference them later. So while I haven’t found an adequate replacement for reading, I starting using Pintrest to catalog interesting projects. I love the visual catalog and the community aspect allowing me to find things that don’t flow through my RSS reader.

Final drawings for my last school project a 800 sq. ft. house. Set upon a concrete pad the house responds to its unique condition by layering screens and plants to soften the harsh exterior environment. To extend the living space the Living room and Bed rooms were conceived as both interior and exterior spaces that can be opened to each-other. (click on images to enlarge)

]]>http://josephsandy.com/blog/2012/04/28/last-studio-project/feed/0http://josephsandy.com/blog/2012/04/28/last-studio-project/Studio Project – Ramp Househttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JosephSandy/~3/CycGubkuEXw/
http://josephsandy.com/blog/2012/03/15/studio-project-ramp-house/#commentsFri, 16 Mar 2012 02:31:26 +0000Josephhttp://josephsandy.com/blog/2012/03/09/This house design while still in its infancy is an attempt to design an ADA accessible house that has multiple level changes. This lead to an interior ramp that organizes the project and provides accessibly to all spaces.

]]>http://josephsandy.com/blog/2012/03/11/new-school-garden-drawings/feed/0http://josephsandy.com/blog/2012/03/11/new-school-garden-drawings/$300 House Workshophttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JosephSandy/~3/qKuJYTWHgrg/
http://josephsandy.com/blog/2012/03/09/300-house-workshop/#commentsFri, 09 Mar 2012 18:48:23 +0000Josephhttp://josephsandy.com/blog/2012/03/05/This post is a little late but I wanted to share the outcome of the $300 House workshop. With over 40 people from around the world gathered at Dartmouth the workshop started with a truly inspiring speech by Dr. Jim Kim(see below). I had the pleasure of working in the rural house group with: Susannah Drake (DLandStudio), Eric Ho (Architecture Commons), Vicki May, Chris Scovel (MASSDesign), Dr. Astrid Jules, Nachiket Thakur, Patrick Vilaire, Karolina Kawiaka, and a few other people who rotated in from other groups.

After leaning the about the cultural needs and expatiations of a housing in Haiti, we set to work in identifying a strategy to address the idea of creating a $300 house. The Haitians expressed the need not of extremely cheep housing but that of jobs. So how could our house design spur job creation. This along with getting local material costs led us to identifying an idea that we would only spend $300 on imported goods and then $1,700 on local goods and labor. The house ends up costing $2,000 but it can create jobs which was more important to this location. The building was designed to California earthquake and structural standards. If the house was to use more experimental foundations and walls (earthbag) the cost could be brought way down but these have not been formally tested so while they may be good options but are not what we have chose to use for the initial prototype. The design/structural strategy was to create a core from compressed earth block, attached to that core the rest of the walls would be built using traditional Haitian wattle and daub, and woven screens. Also part of the overall idea was that we were creating a building strategy not a specific design, so that each house could be customized to a family’s needs.